In late 2016 Manor Racing went into bankruptcy. While the team did everything to stay on the grid, the team already completed the design of the MRT06. There was a bit of hope left that a new team would take over their place on the grid. A few former Manor Racing employees came with the idea to start their own team. At this point Correia Racing was born. It had
In 2017, several news outlets had spoken with Zoran Stefanovic who was interested again to enter the Formula One with his, Serbian based, Stefan Grand Prix team. Stefan believed he could achieve enough financial backing to finally debut his team In the Formula One. Two years later, there is nog sign of Stefan GP. What happened? Zoran Stefanovic is one of those entrepreneurs who is willing to enter the Formula
We are reaching the end of the year, the time to look backwards one more time before we enter 2020. It is the first time I do this article so I will go back until the year 2017 to find out what eventually came from the rumoured teams that were willing to spent millions of dollars to arrive on the grid. There is one interesting case China F1 Racing Team
It has been said multiple times in the history of Formula One. An alternative championship for the Formula One. A good example for this was the GP1 Series Flavio Briatore announced already in 2006, before he came with concrete plans in 2012. To be honest I would support an alternative championship. Why I would support a rival championship for the Formula One? Since day one I’m not a fan of
It seems last year during the summer period I have been sleeping, or partying too much of course. There were speculations all over in the media of Bernie Ecclestone bringing Brabham back on the grid by taking over the Sahara Force India Formula One team!? So how serious was the media with their speculations? We all know there is some truth behind this. So Bernie what happened? Of course, Bernie
Hello media, why did you publish the news that Grid Girls will be history soon. You said that the Grid Girls are from a long gone era, like Bernie Ecclestone. Why don’t you spread the word of the fans who like to keep them? There is no reason to have them banned from the grid. They are an addition for the sport. It is a political game isn’t it dear
2017 is the year of the rumours. A hand full of teams announced their interest of entering the Formula One in the coming years, several engine suppliers such as Illien and Cosworth have been rumoured to return to the F1 in 2021. Probably the most interesting rumour was the fact that, besides of China F1 Racing Team Ltd., there was another Chinese F1 team that announced their interest in Formula
A couple of years ago I questioned myself for the first time why there were no Chinese F1 teams nor drivers active in the Formula One. Oké, Ho-Pin Tung was a couple of years active for Williams. Born in Velp he is a fellow Dutchman, it seems he only uses his Chinese nationality if he can make some publicity out of it. However, the summer of 2017 changed it, when
How about the idea of giving the third and / or test drivers their own race every Grand Prix weekend? This idea popped up in my mind after Felipe Massa retired from the Hungarian Grand Prix due some illness. His replacement is former Force India driver and current Williams third driver Paul di Resta. His last race was in November 2013 and comparing the cars from 2013 and the current
Will Stefan GP ever appear on the Formula 1 grid? It’s a question many had in the past and many still have after Zoran Stefanovic announced he spoke with Ross Brawn about the plans to enter the Formula One with his own team in 2019. Zoran tried it in the past a couple of times and was close when he took had an agreement with Toyota Motorsports where he acquired
